government
US /ˈɡʌvənmənt/
・UK /ˈgʌvənmənt/
A1 初級英檢初級多益
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)政府；政體
The government is popular with the people because it lowered taxes
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)政體
The country operates under a democratic government.
n. (c./u.)名詞 (可數/不可數)管治
The government's control over the economy is significant.
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英國零食 Jaffa Cake 到底是餅乾還是蛋糕？看看官司之後法官如何判決！（A Cake or a Biscuit? - The Lengthy and Expensive Saga of the Jaffa Cake）
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- At the time of the publishing of this video, the VAT rate in the UK is 20% for, to quote the official website of the British Government, "most goods and services".
在發布這部影片時，英國的增值稅率為 20%，據英國政府官網所說，「是針對多數商品與服務」。
- Now, because the government isn't a cartoonishly evil entity rubbing their hands together at the thought of charging people through the nose for everyday essentials (right?),
好了，因為政府不是卡通感濃厚的邪惡單位，想到可以在日常必需品上向人民過度克稅就高興得直搓手（對吧？），
紐約與東京的地鐵：日本如何取得如此大的領先優勢 | WSJ 美國與日本的對比 (New York vs. Tokyo’s Subway: How Japan Got So Far Ahead | WSJ U.S. vs. Japan)
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- better known as the MTA, which in turn is controlled by the New York State government.
更廣為人知的是 MTA，它反過來受紐約州政府的控制。
- A key reason for this difference: central government funding.
造成這種差異的一個關鍵原因：中央政府資助。
為什麼南非仍然如此隔離 (Why South Africa is still so segregated)
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- In 1994, a democratically elected government took power, and ended apartheid.
1994 年，民選政府上台，結束了種族隔離制度。
- To keep it that way, the colonial government started writing segregation into law.
為了保持這種狀態，殖民政府開始將種族隔離寫入法律。
特朗普的指控與過去這位政治家的醜聞相比有何不同 | WSJ (How Trump’s Charges Compare to This Past Politician's Scandal | WSJ)
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- Melanie Sloan founded this government accountability group and still works in ethics in campaign law.
梅蘭妮・斯隆創辦了這個政府問責小組，並持續在競選法中從事道德方面的工作。
- this government accountability group
這個政府問責小組
21歲的空軍國民警衛隊隊員因洩露情報文件被捕 (21-year-old Air National Guardsman arrested for intelligence documents leak)
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- Tonight, backed up by an armored SWAT vehicle with guns drawn, the FBI arrested a 21-year-old Airman First Class in the Massachusetts National Guard working in IT in their intelligence wing, who the government says is the source of that major intelligence leak.
今晚，FBI 在武裝的特種武器和裝甲車的支援下，逮捕了一名 21 歲的空勤一等兵，此人在麻薩諸塞州國民警衛隊情報部門的 IT 部門工作，政府表示此人是這一重大情報泄露事件的源頭。
- "I don't think that there was a goal nor some sort of accomplishment that he was looking for in sharing these documents. Of course, there's some anti-government sentiment."
「我不認為他在分享這些文件時有任何目標或成就感。當然，他們對政府持有一些反感情緒。」
為什麼英國是唯一一個將在2023年萎縮的主要經濟體 | WSJ (Why the U.K. Is the Only Major Economy Set to Shrink in 2023 | WSJ)
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太陽能如何變得如此便宜 (How solar energy got so cheap)
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- the US federal government allotted more than $8 billion to solar research and development.
美國聯邦政府撥出超過 80 億美元投入太陽能研究和開發。
- That know-how came in handy when the Japanese government announced a major subsidy for rooftop solar in the mid-90s.
日本政府在 20 世紀 90 年代中期宣布補貼屋頂太陽能時，這種技術就派上用場了。